Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

1st Grade Scope & Sequence

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Pair gestures and facial expressions with key vocabulary in the writing prompt. ● Before reading, have children listen to a summary of the selection, available in multiple languages. ● Point out the word banks or provide one if not available when students are completing writing or speaking tasks to support their responses. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Student Model found in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 2 highlighting the language and structure a student will need in order to be able to reproduce their own. ● For extended writing prompts, provide the Writer’s Outline in the Writer’s Notebook >Teacher Resources>Unit 2. Newcomers may only be able to complete the outline and/or a paragraph with word banks using a mix of their home language and English. ● In discussion, model and have students use the sentence frames provided and word banks to support their responses. ● Provide the Visual Vocabulary cards to build content knowledge.

Skill Building

Extension

Wonders Connect to Content: Social Studies. Reading/Writing Companion pp. Research and Inquiry Projects (Teacher or Student Choice) “Interview a Community Worker” (T)

“Choose a Building” (T) “Where Animals Live” (T) “Interview a Helper” (T) “Make a School Map” (T)

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS Science

Wonders TE pg T428: Readers Theater “I Speak, I Say, I Talk” parents and baby animals make the same sounds. Wonders Leveled Reader “Meerkat Family” Strand 1.2: The Needs Of Living Things and Their Offspring Standard 1.2.4 Construct an explanation of the patterns in the behaviors of parents and offspring which help offspring to survive. Examples of behavioral patterns could include the signals that offspring make such as crying, chirping, and other vocalizations or the responses of the parents such as feeding, comforting, and protecting the offspring. (LS1.B)